Pulled these off of Michele's thread in Hopefulness. I am finding so many gems that are speaking to me lately it seems.
Quote: William Bridges wrote an interesting little book called, "Transitions." In it, he says all transitions start with an ending, a period of uncertainty and then a new beginning.
Quote: I pulled this off Wonder's post to Underdog: Quote:
He was warning me that the most common pitfall of going through a divorce is the tendency to speed through to "the other side", to start a new life and leave all of the rest behind. He was advising I listen to myself and take my time healing and putting in place the vision I have for my future as it unfolds. Not to be in any kind of rush.
His point? That pushing the past behind us and/or trying to make lots of changes in rapid succession is often a strategy for trying to change our emotional temperature (or landscape, if that is prettier) from the outside. Instead of dealing with what's inside... and building from there.
Wonder, thank your uncle for me, because what he said to you helped crystallize something I have been struggling with.
It's my process and my timeline. No one else's.
Gratefully yours, Michele
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
